Method and apparatus for coating optical waveguide fiber
CA 1256756 A · Owner: Corning Glass Works · Inventors: Deneka, Charles W.; Kar, Gitimoy; Mensah, Thomas O.
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In the process for applying a protective plastic coating to a glass optical waveguide fiber by the application of a curable liquid coating material thereto and the subsequent curing of the liquid coating to a protective plastic layer, the surface of the glass optical fiber is conditioned prior to the application of the liquid coating material thereto by replacing air adjacent the fiber surface with a selected gas preferably exhibiting high solubility in the liquid coating composition and resisting bubble formation in the liquid coating layer as it is formed.
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- Granted July 4, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 4, 2006.
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